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. 2022 Jan 6;48(3):631–642. doi: 10.1093/schbul/sbab145

Table 2.

Univariate Cox Regression Analysis of Baseline Candidate Predictors of Symptomatic, Functional, and Personal Recovery

Symptomatic recovery (n = 126) Functional recovery (n = 128) Personal recovery (n = 126)
Sociodemographic factors
 Gender, female 1.06 (0.75–1.52) 0.96 (0.67–1.37) 1.13 (0.79–1.60)
 Parental socioeconomic status 0.51 (0.39–0.66)c 0.48 (0.37–0.62)c 0.58 (0.45–0.76)c
 High school 1.95 (1.37–2.68)c 2.29 (1.61–3.26)c 2.12 (1.49–3.01)c
 Married/stable partner at illness onset 1.19 (0.82–1.73) 1.15 (0.79–1.67) 1.05 (0.72–1.53)
 Winter birth 0.82 (0.57–1.17) 0.88 (0.62–1.26) 0.72 (0.50–1.03)
 Urban environment during upbringing 1.24 (0.87–1.77) 1.28 (0.90–1.82) 1.19 (0.83–1.69)
Familial risk factors
 Family History of SSD 0.34 (0.19–0.60)c 0.36 (0.21–0.63)b 0.39 (0.23–.066)b
 Family history of bipolar disorder 0.98 (0.53–1.84) 0.84 (0.44–1.62) 1.16 (0.67–2.07)
 Family History of MDD 1.21 (0.75–1.97) 1.16 (0.72–1.89) 1.40 (0.88–2.34)
Distal antecedents
 Obstetric complications 0.56 (0.36–0.88)a 0.55 (0.35–0.86)b 0.61 (0.40–0.93)
 Developmental delay at year 3 0.73 (0.62–0.86)c 0.65 (0.54–0.78)c 0.67 (0.56–0.80)c
Intermediate antecedents
 Childhood adversity 1.02 (1.01–1.03)c 1.02 (1.01–1.03)c 1.01 (1.01–1.02)c
 Premorbid adjustment 0.90 (0.86–0.95)c 0.89 (0.84–0.94)c 0.93 (0.88–0.97)b
 Premorbid cognitive reserve 1.04 (1.02–1.05)c 1.05 (1.03–1.07)c 1.04 (1.02–1.05)b
Proximal antecedents
 Drug use 1.13 (1.04–1.23)b 1.13 (1.04–1.22)b 1.15 (1.09–1.25)c
 Acute psychosocial stressors 1.17 (1.05–1.31)b 1.19 (1.07–1.33)c 1.01 (0.95–1.14)
Illness-onset features
 Age at illness onset 1.02 (1.01–1.04)b 1.02 (1.00–1.04) 1.04 (1.02–1.06)c
 Mode of onset 0.84 (0.73–0.97)a 0.84 (0.73–0.97)b 0.92 (0.79–1.06)
 Duration of untreated psychosis 0.95 (0.75–1.21) 0.92 (0.73–1.17) 0.99 (0.78–1.26)
 Duration of untreated continuous psychosis 0.59 (0.43–0.80)b 0.57 (0.42–0.77)c 0.74 (0.55–0.98)
First-episode characteristics
 Compulsory index admission 1.07 (0.73–1.55) 0.86 (0.59–1.27) 1.04 (0.72–1.52)
 Length of index admission, weeks 0.83 (0.73–0.94)b 0.89 (0.79–1.00) 0.92 (0.82–1.02)
 Spontaneous dyskinesia/parkinsonism 0.86 (0.80–0.92)c 0.87 (0.82–0.93)c 0.88 (0.83–0.94)c
 Neurological soft signs 0.95 (0.93–0.97)c 0.94 (0.92–0.96)c 0.96 (0.94–0.98)b
 Deficit syndrome 0.24 (0.10–0.54)b 0.27 (0.12–0.58)b 0.40 (0.21–0.77)a
Dimensions of psychopathology
 Reality-distortion 1.08 (0.94–1.23) 1.07 (0.94–1.22) 1.62 (0.98–2.67)
 Disorganization 1.01 (0.89–1.16) 1.00 (0.87–1.14) 1.05 (0.73–1.53)
 Negative 0.88 (0.75–1.04) 0.92 (0.79–1.07) 0.64 (0.37–1.11)
 Catatonia 0.93 (0.79–1.09) 0.96 (0.82–1.15) 0.49 (0.25–0.98)
 Mania 1.09 (0.95–1.23) 1.07 (0.94–1.22) 1.24 (0.77–2.00)
 Depression 1.08 (0.95–1.22) 1.94 (0.90–1.23) 0.78 (0.48–1.28)
DSM-5 diagnosis
Schizophrenia 0.58 (0.37–0.90)a 0.47 (0.29–0.76)b 0.78 (0.52–1.17)
 Schizophreniform disorder 0.87 (0.54–1.39) 0.95 (0.60–1.50) 0.76 (0.47–1.25)
 Brief psychotic disorder 1.80 (1.20–2.68)b 1.81 (1.22–2.70)b 1.64 (1.09–2.47)a
 Mood disorder with psychotic symptoms 1.15 (0.76–1.73) 1.30 (0.88–1.93) 0.94 (0.61–1.46)
 Other psychotic disorders 0.97 (0.59–1.61) 0.90 (0.54–1.51) 1.12 (0.69–1.81)
Early treatment response
 At discharge from index admission 2.06 (1.37–3.09)c 2.05 (1.37–3.07)b 1.64 (1.11–2.41)a
 6 months after index admission 2.30 (1.42–3.79)b 2.66 (1.61–4.39)c 1.70 (1.10–2.61)a

a  P < .05.

b  P < .01.

c  P < .001.

Note: DSM-5, diagnostic and statistical manual, fifth edition; MDD, major depressive disorder; SSD, schizophrenia spectrum disorders.

The level of measurement for each variable is shown in the Supplementary Table 2.